Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In October Term 2014, a single noisy term, Ginsburg voted with the majority in 80% of divided cases and 87% of all cases. The comparison is the other justices on that bench.
Ideology over time
Martin-Quinn score by term against the Court median. Negative is liberal. Scores are relative to the docket. Intervals are not in this file. A single term is noisy.
Table
| series | term | martin_quinn |
|---|---|---|
| Ginsburg | 1993 | -0.324 |
| Ginsburg | 1994 | -0.586 |
| Ginsburg | 1995 | -0.666 |
| Ginsburg | 1996 | -0.872 |
| Ginsburg | 1997 | -1.103 |
| Ginsburg | 1998 | -1.342 |
| Ginsburg | 1999 | -1.696 |
| Ginsburg | 2000 | -1.785 |
| Ginsburg | 2001 | -1.793 |
| Ginsburg | 2002 | -1.785 |
| Ginsburg | 2003 | -1.812 |
| Ginsburg | 2004 | -1.712 |
| Ginsburg | 2005 | -1.475 |
| Ginsburg | 2006 | -1.579 |
| Ginsburg | 2007 | -1.550 |
| Ginsburg | 2008 | -1.606 |
| Ginsburg | 2009 | -1.548 |
| Ginsburg | 2010 | -1.938 |
| Ginsburg | 2011 | -2.184 |
| Ginsburg | 2012 | -2.250 |
| Ginsburg | 2013 | -2.162 |
| Ginsburg | 2014 | -2.160 |
| Ginsburg | 2017 | -2.734 |
| Court median | 1993 | 0.742 |
| Court median | 1994 | 0.663 |
| Court median | 1995 | 0.573 |
| Court median | 1996 | 0.692 |
| Court median | 1997 | 0.636 |
| Court median | 1998 | 0.737 |
| Court median | 1999 | 0.724 |
| Court median | 2000 | 0.480 |
| Court median | 2001 | 0.302 |
| Court median | 2002 | 0.220 |
| Court median | 2003 | 0.169 |
| Court median | 2004 | 0.076 |
| Court median | 2005 | 0.189 |
| Court median | 2006 | 0.413 |
| Court median | 2007 | 0.317 |
| Court median | 2008 | 0.565 |
| Court median | 2009 | 0.572 |
| Court median | 2010 | 0.679 |
| Court median | 2011 | 0.436 |
| Court median | 2012 | -0.373 |
| Court median | 2013 | 0.465 |
| Court median | 2014 | 0.470 |
| Court median | 2017 | -0.590 |
Where Ginsburg came down, by issue
Share of votes coded liberal. The first-run issue table suppresses cells under 25 votes and does not publish a separate Court rate for this justice. Direction before 1946 is excluded.
Table
| issue | justice_liberal | court_liberal | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Taxation | 0.784 | 1820 | |
| First Amendment | 0.676 | 1820 | |
| Due Process | 0.667 | 1820 | |
| Unions | 0.658 | 1820 | |
| Civil Rights | 0.622 | 1820 | |
| Criminal Procedure | 0.607 | 1820 | |
| Federalism | 0.600 | 1820 | |
| Economic Activity | 0.571 | 1820 | |
| Judicial Power | 0.486 | 1820 |
At oral argument stage 3
Words per argument, questions to each side, interruptions given and received, and whether the side questioned more went on to lose. Formats are never pooled.
Source: Oyez speaker turns
Writing style stage 2
Words per opinion, reading grade, citations per thousand words, and the share of case versus statutory citations.
Source: CourtListener opinion text
Reasoning profile stage 6
Which reasoning techniques appear, against the Court average over the same terms. Validation accuracy prints beside the chart.
Source: Taxonomy classifier over opinion text
Before the Court stage 8
Pre-appointment opinions, reversal record and panel agreement.
Source: CourtListener, labeled by coverage